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Dr. Ezzeddin Ibrahim (Cairo, 1928 - 2013) was a distinguished Egyptian Islamic scholar, academic, and diplomat whose career spanned five decades across the Arab world and beyond. He studied Arabic Literature at the University of Cairo, subsequently completed a BA in Education and Psychology at Ain Shams University, and in 1963 earned a PhD in Literature from London University. He also received honorary degrees from institutions including the University of Malaysia and the University of Wales. During the early part of his career he held educational and administrative positions in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Qatar, where he devised a study programme for the Ministry of Education, before becoming Professor of Arabic Literature at Riyadh University in Saudi Arabia from 1967. He later settled in the UAE, where he served as Cultural Advisor to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and founder and President of the UAE, and held a number of important posts at key Abu Dhabi institutions. Throughout his life he was a passionate advocate for inter-Muslim solidarity and Islamic-Christian dialogue, speaking at international conferences and contributing to journals, newspapers, and books. He is co-translator of An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith and Forty Hadith Qudsi.
